By Meredith Phelan
(serie 50 por 50) I used to live in Emmitsburg. I moved there around October 2019. I noticed the building that is the Seton Shrine but didn’t pay much attention to it for a while. Back then I was slightly returning to the Catholic church after having gone away for a long time. Then, on August 2, 2020, I went out one night to take pictures of the full moon. I noticed that underneath the full moon, a cloud in the shape of a hand was pointing directly to the shrine. I took a picture that night. Maybe this sounds silly but to me I believe it is a miracle. I felt a strange feeling that I should go to mass there. I started going to mass and confession there and my life changed in many ways. I learned so much about Mother Seton through the Seton Shrine book club. I do not live in Emmitsburg anymore, but I miss the Seton Shrine very much. I think it is a really special place with a holy gravity that attracts people.
50 for 50 is a series of stories, quotes, clips, photos, and/or devotional statements from ordinary people to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton as the first native-born American saint.